The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

Lin Bufan's appointment of Wang Weiji, Wei Ran, and Liu Lanchang to their positions was based on his own considerations.

If you were to ask Ricky Wong to handle ATV's daily affairs and some technical issues, he would have absolutely no problem.

However, in terms of professional skills, he is definitely not as good as Wei Ran and Liu Lanchang.

Therefore, Lin Bufan added the position of vice president to Wei Ran and Liu Lanchang so that they would not be under Wang Weiji's direct leadership.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Wang Weiji, Wei Ran, and Liu Lanchang hurriedly stood up and responded.

For the three of them, this offer was quite generous. Ricky Wong had never served as the president of any company before; he had only been a senior executive at PCCW.

Wei Ran used to be in charge of operations at Toilet Station, but due to differences in philosophy and other reasons, he was eventually ousted from the station.

Unexpectedly, he came to Hong Kong just to relax, and in the blink of an eye, he became the vice president of ATV.

Liu Lanchang was no exception. He was originally from ATV and was in charge of news. Unexpectedly, during Mr. Lin's era, he was not abandoned but became a senior vice president of ATV, reporting only to Mr. Lin.

"Regarding the ATV layoffs, I'm giving you full authority. No matter what the outside world says or protests, I'll take responsibility for it!" Lin Bufan looked at Wang Weiji with a serious expression.

"I have only one request for you: fire all the bloated middle and senior management at ATV who are unusable. In short, the capable rise and the incompetent fall, understand?"

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured, I understand!"

With a serious expression, Wang Weiji, who comes from a technical background, showed no mercy to those in mid-to-high-level administrative positions.

"The operation of ATV is now in your hands!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then turned to Wei Ran: "ATV will definitely experience some turmoil during this period. In terms of reputation, we should focus on maintaining it first."

"Understood, Mr. Lin!"

Wei Ran nodded in agreement.

He knew that now was not the time for him, the vice president in charge of operations, to show his skills.

"In the news department, keep the people who are useful, and report the list of those who are not to be used to Ricky Wong."

Finally, Lin Bufan looked at Liu Lanchang and gave instructions.

After careful consideration, Lin Bufan had already decided to abandon Hong Kong and focus on the Asian and mainland markets regarding ATV's development.

Lin Bufan first set a tone for Ricky Wong: suspend all ATV drama production and follow the example of mainland TV stations, only broadcasting dramas and no longer producing them, at least for now.

Regarding the future development of ATV...

Lin Bufan looked at the group and slowly expressed his thoughts.

Everything at ATV is currently suspended, including all dramas that are currently airing or being filmed.

In the future, ATV Home will import and broadcast mainland Chinese dramas, and news will only focus on local Hong Kong news.

In addition, ATV WorldNews, ATV Finance, ATV Global, and ATV HD were established.

The international news channel focuses on world news, broadcasting 24 hours a day without interruption, aiming to attract viewers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

For ATV International News Channel to succeed, in addition to news content, technology is even more important. If the technology is not good, other regions will not be able to receive ATV International News Channel's signal.

"For the international news channel, the hosts must be experienced and composed, and they must interpret and analyze from a third-person perspective, without any bias. If I find out even once, you can forget about being the vice president." Lin Bufan said, looking at Liu Lanchang with a serious expression.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured!"

Liu Lanchang nodded heavily, without saying anything more.

A veteran who has been involved with ATV for decades, he really hopes that ATV can succeed. Seeing Mr. Lin's courage, he will definitely not hold him back.

"There's one more thing!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he looked at Ricky Wong and said, "From now on, everyone at ATV, whether news anchors or ordinary staff, will speak Mandarin. Anyone who cannot learn Mandarin within six months will automatically resign, including the three of you."

He certainly doesn't want his company's employees to be unable to speak a word of Mandarin.

Moreover, he gave them six months. If they couldn't learn it within six months, it meant they didn't care about him. In that case, what were they doing staying at the company?

Even the managers of Lin Bufan's overseas companies are working hard to learn Mandarin to communicate with him, so why shouldn't they?

"Understood, Mr. Lin!"

The three nodded vigorously; they had already realized this.

Now that ATV has a new mainland boss, they definitely have to follow the boss's lead in everything, and they are aware of that.

"The positioning of Global Table is cultural export..."

This includes popularizing Chinese history, documentaries on intangible cultural heritage from mainland China, and even traditional Chinese medicine health preservation. Of course, this traditional Chinese medicine health preservation must be genuine and effective, not just something to fool people.

The audience of this channel is not only local viewers in Hong Kong, but also Chinese, overseas Chinese and people of Chinese descent throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

If this Globe show is done well, the ratings will be good.

HD Channel primarily focuses on content related to movies and the internet, targeting mainly young people.

"There's also a financial radio station, broadcasting news about international finance 24 hours a day, inviting renowned domestic and international financial experts to discuss global financial policies, etc..."

"I only have one requirement: professionalism, understand?"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he looked at Liu Lanchang.

He is in charge of the entire news section, and if any problems arise, he is the first person to be held accountable.

"Understood, Mr. Lin!"

Liu Lanchang realized that Mr. Lin was truly determined to achieve results in taking control of ATV, since news channels often don't generate much profit.

The high cost of a news channel is not the salaries of its anchors, but the human resource costs of its news gathering and editing teams, such as the breaking news team, which has to gather and edit so many news stories, as well as the financial and international teams. And because it is a 24-hour operation, it has to work in three shifts.

Besides labor costs, there are transmission and signal costs, including satellite vehicle fees, international lines, and overseas connection fees.

There's also the international news channel, which focuses on international news. You can't be in Hong Kong and then search for news from other countries online and broadcast it.

If that were the case, the timeliness would be over, and how would that demonstrate the rigor of ATV News?

Therefore, international deployment is necessary. ATV needs to station news reporters in major countries and regions around the world, and sometimes even in different cities within a single country.